Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Yukata


YUKATA is the japanese summer cotton kimono. People wearing yukata is very common in Japan at fireworks displays, bon-odori festivals, and other summer events.


According to our tour guide, only onsen (hot spring) hotels allow their guests to wear yukata and walk around. You can't simply wear yukata when you are staying in normal hotel!


We stayed in five different hotels every night during our trip, meaning every morning we checked out and checked in another hotel in the evening.


Noboribetsu onsen is one of the most popular hot springs in Hokkaido.We stayed in Mahoroba Hotel tonight, a four star hotel this hot spring area.


The word “mahoroba” means “paradise” in Japanese. Ok, it's photo time! You just need to relax, unwind and enjoy!


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Magnificent hotel lobby


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Our japanese-style room, super comfy with some free snacks and green tea too!


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Basically almost all the hotels have the same size and same design of washrooms, which are very very clean.


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Tatami bed


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And this was the yukata provided by the hotel!


DINNER TIME!

We had a buffet dinner at hotel.

Let's see what they served!


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OMG! My favourite CRAB!!!


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The most famous kegani (hairy crab). The meat was so wonderfully smooth and soft but a bit tasteless.


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Mouth-watering desserts


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Then I conquered the tarabagani (red king crab)


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Holding red king crab while eating the zuwaigani (snow crab)......  See my can't-wait-to-finish-all face!


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Left only the shell


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It's GAME TIME!!!


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Pachinko slot machines


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Sticker photo!!!


We went for a street walk after the dinner to explore what they had in Noboribetsu area.


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The street was beautiful!


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Souvenir shop


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Sake shop


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Crabs in a small market


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Fubari rock melon


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Many tourists wearing yukata and walked on the street too!!!


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Playing with the soft focus filter of my camera.... so dreamy!

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Other Hokkaido posts:

Onuma Lake 大沼湖
Crowning Glory of Hakodate
Hakodate Highlights
Hakodate 函館


20 comments:

  1. wonderful trip u had!!!!
    the crabs look sooo yummy yummy~

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  2. Argh... Crabs!!!

    U look like a dolly in yukata, Japanese dolly, cos u hv really round eyes and cute straight bangs.

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  3. You look so cute in the yukata! Hehe! I got one set of yukata too! :P

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  4. oh i miss kegani!!!! used to go to the eat all you can restaurant for crabs in both osaka and also sapporo!!!!

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  5. u're looking cute & pretty. Btw, where did u get the straw bag.? lovely.

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  6. Yvon S: I bought it from http://minimaos.com

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  7. u looked like model so kawaii...
    the crab is big and looked so nice...i wish i can go my honeymoon on JApan too

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  8. WOW you went to japan!

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  9. can wear yukata walking around?so q...hairy crab is terrible n horible...hehe..for me, i cant eat...

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  10. wahhhhh~! tat really enjoy!!
    coOL u look pretty in yukata~! hehe

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  11. Nice ryokan! It's one of my life goals to stay in one wth. Must have been fun, food looks nice, shop looks nice, everything looks so nice. T_T The pink yukata suits you very well too ^^

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  12. you r so cute when wearing Yukata, they provided two Yukatas for u? and u can choose the design or they fixed it already?

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  13. Nice look in kimono :)

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  14. 我是贝比@baby: They only provided one. So we couldn't choose.

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  15. these pics are sumptuous! makes me wan to go there too

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  16. Nice!! A dream holiday for all!

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  17. Great your dream come true. And thanks for visiting my blog too.
    (^_^)/~

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  18. yummy yummy for the foods!!~~

    u so kawaii neh~~~~xoxo~~~~

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  19. u had a great fun in japan. Looks nice in yukata...

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  20. Anonymous3:27 AM

    You look cute in the yukata!

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